Haggai and Malachi (Volume 39) (Wisdom Commentary Series)

Synopsis

Reading Haggai And Malachi In Conversation With Feminist Theory, Rhetorical Criticism, And Masculinity Studies Reveals Two Communities In Different Degrees Of Crisis. The Prophet Haggai Successfully Persuades A Financially Strapped People To Rebuild The Temple, But The Speaker In Malachi Faces Sustained Resistance To His Arguments In Favor Of Maintaining The Priestly Hierarchy. Both Books Describe Conflicts Among Men Based Upon Social Class, And Those Who Claim To Speak For God Find Their Claims And, With Them, God’s Presumably Unquestionable Authority As The Ultimate Male Contested. Haggai 1:1-15 : The Art Of Persuasion -- Haggai 2:1-9 : God As The Man -- Haggai 2:10-19 : Ritual Uncleanness Without A Marriage Metaphor -- Haggai 2:20-23 : The Personal As Political As Theological -- Malachi 1:6-2:9 : Divine Masculinity Under Attack -- Malachi 2:10-16 : Is God A Girl? -- Malachi 2:17-3:5 : Divine Masculinity Restored -- Malachi 3:6-12 : (don't) Give Until It Hurts -- Malachi 3:13-4:3 : Warning : God Will Reign -- Malachi 4:4-6 : Who Has The Last Word? -- Afterword : A Feminist Rhetorical Critical Critical Comment. Stacy Davis ; Carol Dempsey, Volume Editor ; Barbara E. Reid, Op, General Editor. A Michael Glazier Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.